All writing, even that which imitates life, is a fiction. A trick. Using this as his premise, Giralt Torrente confronts a universal theme in this intimate story: the death of his father. He reconstructs the relationship with his father, the times in life he shared with him, with a surprising eagerness for faithfulness. He does not avoid the shadows but neither does he recreate the story from within them. In this way, with the help of hypnotic and concise prose, this experience turns into everybodys experience. The result is a moving book which embraces and punches you at once.